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• Three individuals pleaded guilty in New York
to taking part in a $45 million international cybercrime group that used stolen
card payment information to make fraudulent ATM withdrawals in several
countries. – Softpedia See item 6
below in the Financial Services Sector

• Microsoft released its November Patch
Tuesday round of patches, closing a total of 19 vulnerabilities in Windows and
Office products, including three marked as critical. – The Register See
item 32 below in the Information Technology Sector

• Jackson Plaza in Sylva, North Carolina, was
evacuated for 6 hours after officials closed the plaza when a teenager committed
suicide in his car in the parking lot using poison gas. – Sylva Herald

• Eleven people were injured in a four-alarm
fire at the Kew Gardens residential building in New York City that caused
hundreds of residents to evacuate and severely damaged 4 apartments. – WCBS
2 New York City; Associated Press

44.
November 12, WCBS 2 New York City; Associated
Press – (New York) 11 injured in Kew Gardens fire. Eleven
people, including 8 firefighters, were injured November 12 in a four-alarm fire
at the Kew Gardens residential building in New York City that caused hundreds
of residents to evacuate and severely damaged 4 apartments. Source: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/11/12/11-injured-in-kew-gardens-fire/

7. November
13, Savannah Morning News – (Georgia) Former bank president pleads
guilty in fraud scheme. The former president and CEO of First National Bank
in Savannah pleaded guilty November 12 for his part in a scheme to defraud the
now-defunct bank of millions of dollars by manipulating loans. The bank’s
failure cost the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation more than $90 million.
Source: http://savannahnow.com/news/2013-11-13/former-bank-president-pleads-guilty-fraud-scheme

9. November
12, Gothamist – (New York) Police find plenty of crack cocaine, fake credit
cards, stun guns in Bed-Stuy apartment raid. Three men were arrested in New
York City November 11 after police found 2 credit card skimmers, around 400
fraudulent credit cards, drugs, and weapons during a raid on an apartment in
the Bed-Stuy area of the city. Source: http://gothamist.com/2013/11/12/cops_find_crack_cocaine_fake_credit.php

32. November
13, The Register – (International) IE 0-day plugged up by TIFF terror continues
in November Patch Tuesday. Microsoft released its November Patch Tuesday
round of patches, closing a total of 19 vulnerabilities in Windows and Office
products, including three marked as critical. A TIFF image handling
vulnerability remained unaddressed but a workaround is available. Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/13/november_patch_tuesday/

38. November
12, Softpedia – (International) Vulnerabilities in RunKeeper allowed
cybercriminals to run XSS worm. A security researcher found and reported a
cross-site scripting (XSS) and a cross-site reference forgery (CSRF)
vulnerability in the RunKeeper app that could have allowed cybercriminals to
develop a worm capable of stealing user cookies, collecting private data, or
distributing malware. RunKeeper fixed the vulnerabilities after being notified.
Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Vulnerabilities-in-RunKeeper-Allowed-Cybercriminals-to-Run-XSS-Worm-399517.shtml

Communications Sector

39.
November 12, Stars and Stripes –
(International) Signal issues continue to plague AFN Radio in Bahrain. The
American Forces Network radio station that serves an audience of 7,200 U.S.
personnel in Bahrain experienced transmitter problems including static and
occasional dead air in the past couple of weeks. Upgrades to the radio studio
equipment, as well as approved increases to the signal from 250 watts to 400
watts, are in the works. Source: http://www.stripes.com/news/signal-issues-continue-to-plague-afn-radio-in-bahrain-1.252433

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About Me

U.S. Army Retired Chief Warrant Officer with more than 40 years in information technology and 35 years in information security. Became a Certified Information Systems Security Professional in 1995 and have taught computer security in Asia, Canada and the United States. Wrote a computer security column for 5 years in the 1980s titled "for the Sake Of Security", penname R. E. (Bob) Johnston, which was published in Computer Decisions.
Motto: "When entrusted to process, you are obligated to safeguard"